Harman's Martin M6™ Console Wins Inaugural PIPA Award

AARHUS, Denmark — Underscoring HARMAN Martin Professional’s position as a leading provider of dynamic lighting solutions for entertainment production, the Martin M6™ lighting console was awarded the first ever Prolight + Sound International Press Award (PIPA) for Best Lighting Controller.

AARHUS, Denmark — Underscoring HARMAN Martin Professional’s position as a leading provider of dynamic lighting solutions for entertainment production, the Martin M6™ lighting console was awarded the first ever Prolight + Sound International Press Award (PIPA) for Best Lighting Controller.

The PIPA Awards are presented to the best audio, lighting, and musical equipment as voted by more than 100 production and entertainment publications from around the world. Martin Professional accepted the award on Thursday, March 13 at an event attended by more than 300 industry professionals.

“We are honored to be recognized by the industry with a PIPA Award for our M6 console at the first ever Prolight + Sound International Press Awards,” commented Matthias Hinrichs, Product Manager, Martin Professional. “The M6 would not have been possible without the support and feedback of the talented global community of lighting designers that work with our M-Series consoles on a daily basis. This award validates our efforts to provide innovative solutions that enable the creative vision of our customers across the globe.”

Designed to easily handle even the most demanding multimedia shows, the M6 console can control everything from conventional and moving lights to the most advanced media server. The console is based on Martin’s proprietary M-Series™ software platform and provides users with a highly advanced visual control surface for fast programming and extensive playback control.

The M6 is Martin’s most advanced console design to date, featuring a total of 44 playbacks, 10 motorized faders, 12 additional faders, and a total of 17 encoders for parameter access as well as Martin’s proprietary LiveBlender™ T-Bar, FastDial™ rotary encoders, and BriteTouch™ display.

As a world leader in the creation of dynamic lighting solutions for the entertainment, architectural, and commercial sectors, Martin lighting and video systems are renowned the world over. Martin also offers a range of advanced lighting controllers and media servers, as well as a complete line of smoke machines as a complement to intelligent lighting. Martin operates the industry’s most complete and capable distributor network with local partners in nearly 100 countries. Founded in 1987 and based in Aarhus, Denmark, Martin is the lighting division of global infotainment and audio company HARMAN International Industries. For more information please visit: http://www.martin.com.

HARMAN designs, manufactures, and markets a wide range of infotainment and audio solutions for the automotive, consumer, and professional markets. It is a recognized world leader across its customer segments with premium brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, and Mark Levinson® and leading-edge connectivity, safety and audio technologies. The Company is admired by audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading professional entertainers and the venues where they perform. More than 25 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of 14,800 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia and reported sales of $4.7 billion for the last twelve months ended December 31, 2013.

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